New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton again took responsibility Monday for not converting a fourth-and-goal in the 16-14 win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.

The Saints took a field goal off the scoreboard to attempt a fourth-down run from the 1-yard line at the end of the first half. But running back Mark Ingram was stuffed for no gain, forcing the Saints into the locker room with nothing to show for their effort.

Payton said he "did a poor job of really giving our guys the best opportunity," shifting the blame from the players to himself.

Ingram, who was also pushed back for a loss on second-and-goal, took the brunt of the criticism on the sequence of events. He had only eight rushes for 20 yards Sunday.

"He had some good runs in that game," Payton said. "I think the balance and the mix of the players we have is going to be important for us, especially at the running back position. The fourth-down call, we ended up getting an over front, a different defense than we were expecting.

"It was one that, however it was called on the field, if it was called a score or it wasn't going to be overturned. They spotted it short, and it wasn't going to be overturned, either. He (Ingram), like the rest of us, is working to improve in his game. There's some looks though that I know we are going to be better at that are going to help him."

Right tackle Zach Strief went back through the drive, noting the Saints attempted play-action on first-and-goal to tight end Jimmy Graham that fell incomplete.

"They covered it well. We came back, ran the flip. That play, it's an outside play. It's kind of a deception play and obviously we didn't make the play at the end there to get in," Strief said. "... I think that play gave a real hard look to (center Brian de la Puente); that really tilted nose (tackle) that didn't quite get over there. It was a good call, a call we really liked in the huddle."

Strief said the Buccaneers, who had only 10 players on the fourth-down play, surprised them by not setting up in goal-line formation.

"They came out in an over front. That kind of mucks up the blocking scheme a little bit," he said. "At the end of the day, that play has to get in.

"I know Mark says, 'I've got to get through that guy.' It's kind of one-on-one on the goal line. Look, it's a team deal. There's no finger pointing around here. We all take accountability for when it's on us. You look at it and you say, 'These are reasons why we didn't get in.' It's not any one guy, but it can't happen. I know that."

Goldson suspended: Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Dashon Goldson received a one-game suspension by the NFL for violation of player safety rules, the team announced Monday. Goldson was flagged for unnecessary roughness Sunday after a helmet-to-helmet hit on Saints running back Darren Sproles.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers free safety Dashon Goldson hits helmet to helmet with New Orleans Saints running back Darren Sproles. Goldson was suspended for a game on Monday.Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

The violation was Goldson's fifth for unnecessary roughness since 2011 and his second this season.

Goldson was fined $30,000 last week for targeting New York Jets tight end Jeff Cumberland, who was considered a defenseless player.

"You had an unobstructed path to your opponent," NFL Vice President of Football Operations Merton Hanks wrote in a letter to Goldson. "It is clear that you lowered your head and unnecessarily rammed the left side of your helmet into the left side of your opponent's head. You delivered a forceful blow with your helmet and made no attempt whatsoever to wrap up your opponent or make a conventional tackle on the play. This illegal contact clearly could have been avoided."

Goldson has drawn 15 personal fouls since 2010, the most of any player in the league during that time frame.

Injury update: Payton had no update about defenders Tom Johnson and Patrick Robinson, who both left Sunday's game with leg injuries and did not return.